Dennison High School

Dennison High School (HM1JKB)

Location: Dennison, OH 44621 Tuscarawas County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 23.67', W 81° 20.026'

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Side A
On October 23, 1927, ceremony was held for the laying of the cornerstone for the Dennison High School Building. It opened in the fall of 1928 and was called "Angel's Castle" in honor of school superintendent William Hiram Angel. The building was designed by J.K. Griffin, an architect from Canton, Ohio, in a style that has the elements of Collegiate Gothic that was popular for school and college buildings during the early twentieth century. The distinguishing architectural features of the entrance towers enhance the school's prominent location above the street level. Dennison High School is an important visual landmark in the community, as its towers are visible from the downtown area and surrounding neighborhoods. It has retained its integrity of location, materials, design, and association and conveys the early twentieth century ideals of education that the original design of the building was intended to inspire. (Continued on other side)

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The interior of Dennison High School contained spaces devoted to manual training and "household" arts to supplement traditional classrooms. Dennison High School also participated in an innovative educational experiment in the 1930s. Known as the Primrose School, it was a special "school within a school" for special needs students. The program lasted until 1954. The most architecturally significant interior space was the original auditorium. It featured first floor and balcony seating which faced the stage and beyond that the gymnasium floor and bleachers. This arrangement allowed for concerts, plays, basketball tournaments, and Miss Clayland pageants to be held there. With the consolidation of schools in 1965 the building became a junior high and then an intermediate school. On February 1, 2006, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior.
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HM NumberHM1JKB
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Marker Number17-79
Year Placed2006
Placed ByDennison High School Alumni Association, Ohio Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Sunday, March 15th, 2015 at 9:03pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 471674 N 4471597
Decimal Degrees40.39450000, -81.33376667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 23.67', W 81° 20.026'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 23' 40.2" N, 81° 20' 1.56" W
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Area Code(s)740, 330
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 220 N 3rd St, Dennison OH 44621, US
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